Mobility

On-demand services beat S.F. taxi arrival times

SAN FRANCISCO — For San Francisco riders, on-demand services Uber, Lyft and Sidecar consistently arrive much more quickly than taxis, according to a new study from UC Berkeley researchers, SFGate reported.

Additionally, the study found that ride services both complement and compete with public transit. A third of respondents otherwise would have used transit, and often chose ride services because they are faster — transit would have required transfers, for instance, according to the report.